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t\"- . ~ Brssilia s futuristic buildings are
/ symbols of Brazil s asplrstions~ .
~ Gauchos are the cowboys of the \"~
south. Usuafly on horseback， they still
wear traditional dress， eBrasilia
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Several countries in one \"~ ~ VRio de Ja the most
Brazil is such a huge country that people eosmopolita/Cof Brazilian cities.
frequently refer to it tinent. With ~~~ 1~
an area of 8~ million square kilometres， ~ I~ ~ RiodeJ~neiro~\"
Brazil is the fifth largest country on earth ~ \"~
and it is larger than all the European coun-
tries put together if Russia is excluded.
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From the equatorial rain forest in the
north to the rolling grasslands of the south
there is such a range of ctimate， vegetation I
and physical geography within its borders
that it is impossible to describe any single 1
region as typically Brazilian. There are
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pla nsand mountains， luxuriant jungles and
arid deserts， thriving cities and large areas \".
which have never been properly explored.
This physical diversity is， in its turn， re-
flected in every aspect of Brazilian lilt and ~ -\"
each separate area has its own sense of ~ For many people football is almost as ~ The graceful but flimsy/angadas are used
identity. Within its borders can be found as important as food or drink， by the fishermen of the north-east.
many diff， rent Brazils as there are regions，
all of them fused together to form a united
country which dominates South America，
while ox-carts and dug-out canoes are the far away. The bustling metropolis of Sao
Oldandaxew main means of transport in parts of tl~e Paulo is the largest industrial centre it~
Everywhere you go in Brazil the past is interior. Latin America. Onlyautourortwo stlyinr ，
constant y rubbing shoulders with the time away there are Inditers who are still
p~escnt， Elegant colonial churches stand in Bustling cities living in the stone age.
th~ shaduw ot gleaming skyscrapers con- Most el the population lives on or near the Inevitably， there is yet another contras~
stru~ ted of glass and steel， (3i~y dwellers ~ east where there are cities like Sao Paulo， the gulf between rich and poor. The appal-
dh~ i)， ， or.f{~tablc r~atauram.， whih\" gau- I{io dc.laneiro， Recife and a score of others ling poverty of the slums and parts of th~
~h~，~al~d i.，/u(uo~，out， th， i] m， alu，，vH .twn with dmir polhatiou， traffic cungestion and interior is a ta.r cry from the opulence of thc
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